Cognitive Pretesting and the Developmental Validity of Child Self-Report Instruments: Theory and Applications

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Woolley, Michael E ^a,b   Bowen, Gary L ^a   Bowen, Natasha K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Cognitive methods; Evidence based practice; Mixed methods; Scale development; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042480006     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503257882     Document Type: Article

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